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DON’T LOOK BACK
A MEMOIR OF WAR, SURVIVAL, AND MY JOURNEY FROM SUDAN TO AMERICA
by Achut Deng & Keely Hutton
FSG | Oct 11 | 9780374389727
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After a deadly attack in South Sudan left six-year-old Achut Deng without a family, she lived in refugee camps for ten years, until a refugee relocation program gave her the opportunity to move to the United States. When asked why she should be given a chance to leave the camp, Achut simply told the interviewer: I want life.
But the chance at starting a new life in a new country came with a different set of challenges. Some of them equally deadly. Taught by the strong women in her life not to look back, Achut kept moving forward, overcoming one obstacle after another, facing each day with hope and faith in her future. Yet, just as Achut began to think of the US as her home, a tie to her old life resurfaced, and for the first time, she had no choice but to remember her past.
In this powerful, and propulsive memoir, Achut Deng and Keely Hutton tell a harrowing and inspiring story showing both the ugliness and the beauty of humanity, and the power of not giving up.
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“If…” she breathes, her voice a pathetic whimper. “If you — if you hurt me, it’ll…hurt you too…”
That tongue traces its fangs again, eyes tightening like they’re zeroing in on a specific target. Her stomach. Her jugular. She can’t be sure.
-I dearly hope so. In fact, I long for it.-
A wash of cold spills through her, and the beast careens forward suddenly — a false lunge. Toying with her. When she gasps, that grin widens.
-Now run-“
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a fanart of a story that has me OBSESSED UPDATING PAGE AO3 EVERY DAY IN HOPE FOR A NEW CHAPTER. I initially had another sketch going on, with the central idea of a cover, but I totally hated it and preferred to start over from scratch. honestly i’m completely in love with what came out, dont look back is a masterpiece i didn’t know i needed, congratulations @onyx-and-elm for the TALENT
Booom! The only way to know is to try - stimulate your senses, body and mind with salt water and wind every day.
Pay your bills, drink some beers, hang out with people who laugh easily, talk to strangers, let yourself go - don’t look back!
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You can rise up from anything.
You can completely recreateyourself.
Nothing is permanent.
You’re not stuck.
You have choices.
You can think new thoughts.
You can learn something new.
You can create new habits.
All that matters is that you decide todayandnever look back.
set your past on fire and leave
“Don’t look back, you’re not going that way.”
Go forward, even if it’s one step at the time.
-selfcaresquid
Marina de Van, {2009} Ne te retourne pas (Don’t Look Back)
